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inshoot

noun

Etymology

From in + shoot.

  1. inherited from *skeutaną✻
  2. inherited from *skeutan✻
  3. inherited from scēotan
  4. inherited from scheten
  5. compounded as inshoot — “in + shoot”

Definitions

  1. The act of shooting or moving rapidly inward, as a baseball that is pitched with a curve.

    • The pitcher started the ball wide, but, with a sudden break it took an inshoot across the plate.
    • Woods fooled him on a wide curve and a swift inshoot.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA